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Journalist Hugo Olivera Cartas found dead
Municipal police found the body of Michoacán journalist, Hugo Olivera Cartas, early this morning between the municipals of Tepalcatepec and Aguililla, in Michoacán. The body, which was inside a 2004 …
Almost 400 kilograms of marijuana seized in Jalisco
Elements of the Federal Investigation Agency (Agencia Federal de Investigación—AFI) assigned to the Citizen Complaint Agency (Agencia de Denuncia Ciudadana) seized a vehicle loaded with almost 400 kilograms of marijuana …
“El Camello”, leader of “Los Aztecas” and the man believed to be responsible for the March U.S Consulate attack, is captured
The Federal Police (Policía Federal) detained the presumed leader of the “Los Aztecas,” Jesús Ernesto Chávez Castillo, alias “El Camello.” The forty-one year old is believed to be responsible for …
Sonora: Twenty-one die in confrontation between rivaling cartels
In Hermosillo, Sonora, a total of twenty-one drug cartel members die in a confrontation between human traffickers and drug-traffickers on a country road between the municipals of Tubutama and Sáric, …
A leader of the drug cartel La Familia is captured
Mexican authorities detained Miguel “Tyson” Ortiz Miranda, an ex-agent and current leader for the drug cartel The Michoacan Family (La Familia Michoacana), also known as La Familia (The Family). He …
One police agent is killed in chase; atleast five more are injured
In the state of Querétaro, one agent was killed from an exchange of gunfire during a late night chase. The incident occurred around 1:00am local time when agents from the …
PRI candidate for governor in Tamaulipas is murdered
Rodolfo Torre Cantú, candidate for governor in Tamaulipas, was murdered Monday morning along with three other people; four more were hospitalized with injuries. His campaign coordinator, Enrique Blackmore, and personal …
Municipal mayors reject President Felipe Calderón’s proposal for a single police force
On Wednesday of last week, at the second Public Security (Seguridad Ciudadana) meeting, the mayors of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Zone (Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara—ZMG) all agreed to reject the federal …
Mexico leads the world in Marijuana seizures
The 2010 World Drug Report issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reported that Mexico has the highest seizures of marijuana in the world with 25% of …
Police command center in Nuevo Leon is attacked; one is injured
Wednesday night, an unknown group of criminals attacked a police station in the municipal of Cerralvo, Nuevo Leon. The injured officer, José Luis López Martínez, was transported to the nearest …